So what can we do?If you believe in capitalism, then you have
a few options to negotiate with the 1% for a fairer share of the wealth we are creating. This includes:
- Strengthening unions
- Increasing political participation by all citizens
- Guaranteeing a basic standard of living for all including free quality housing, food, child care, education,and health care
- Dismantling the courts, prosecutors, and jails --- the entire justice system--- and rebuilding it in a manner that respects all people no matter their race, ethnicity, or economic status.
Or we can work to scrap our current system of neo-liberal capitalism all together. In its place, we could build a new system built on a moral, righteous code. A system in which the wealthy and working classes live side by side in the collective service to our common Creator and to each other.
While I prefer the latter approach personally, the achievement of either would be cause of celebration.
And so what is there to celebrate, in the meantime?
Well, how about we take a page from our nation’s “Founding Fathers” and make our own declarations. Let’s declare our independence from the current system that keeps the vast majority of workers and small business owners divided and economically enslaved.
Such a declaration, followed by the work to bring about real change or a new system altogether, are certainly causes for us all to celebrate.